On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 01:07, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:58:50 +1000 > "Mirabella, Mathew J" <Mathew.Mirabella@team.telstra.com> wrote: > > > Hi all. I am new to linux and debian and have a few questions on > > installing the distro. > > > > i have the 7 woody (stable) installation cds along with an eighth cd which > > seems to have some of the non-free stuff. i would like to get sid > > (unstable) or at least testing working on my box, but don't have the cds > > for that. Is it true that you can only actually Install the stable > > distro? btw my woody cds are the r0 version not the r1... does this > > make a difference? > > You can get iso images of Woody r1 here: > > http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/debian-cd/woody/i386/ > > There are other places as well; that's first one I found. > > Kevin That said, you are vastly better to install 3.0r0 as it stands, and then run a dist-upgrade against the existing Woody r1 and security.debian.org - vastly faster than downloading the iso images of Woody r1 - as only a relative handful of packages have changed between the two collections, but the reasons they have changed is significantly important. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part